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United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speaks at a press conference in Edinburg, Texas, on June 30, 2014. Johnson said he is sending an additional 150 Border Patrol agents to the Rio Grande Valley Sector to help with a recent spike in immigrants from Central America crossing the border through the area. (Associated Press/The Monitor, Nathan Lambrecht)

Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election has cost $6.7 million during the first four and a half months of the probe. Click to see past independent counsel investigations guilty of racking up high bills.